Timberline Flooring carries the largest selection
of flooring products available in the South Central
Region. We offer flooring materials from around the
globe. From time to time, we custom fill order for
rare materials; from reclaiming historic product to
manufacturing specific species of Exotic hardwood
and stone. Our goal is to deliver Quality services
and products to our customers 10-30% less.
We offer Exotic Hardwood,
Hardwood, Laminates,
Carpets & Stone
& tile. We offer products of all styles and
price ranges for you to work with. Your choices are
unlimited.
We know that the choices can be a little bit overwhelming
so we provided an overview of the different products
below. Laminate - Engineered
- Solid - Stone Based
We also encourage you to take a look at our Design Ideas and picture of our actual work
(Gallery). It should
help you select the right material and style to best
suits your tastes, lifestyle and budget.
Timberline
Flooring knows that buying a new floor is
a big investment. We believe that one of the most
important steps is selecting the right material. There
is a wide range of flooring products available today.
The question is which product best fits your taste
and application. This page will give you an overview
of their properties so that you would have a better
understanding. Our goal is to help you select the
right product.
Laminates
is by far the toughest material, that looks like wood.
It has superior wear, pressure rating, fading, and
burn resistance. It is easy to care for and does not
requires polishing or waxing. It is great for house
hold with kids and pets. It is a lot less expensive
and more versatile in application, than hardwood.
This product can be used with all type of sub-floor.
This product can only be installed a floating floor.
(Overview)
It is ideal for sub-floor with with minor problems.
cement sub-floor with minor cracks under 1/4"
which is common in Houston, and could be installed
right over linoleum. Some older homes which were built
before the 60s utilize asbestos base linoleum.
However,
there are also undesirable qualities of laminates
floors. They produce more noses from hard compound
rubber shoe, they feel colder to the touch, and the
are not as glossy as hardwood. This product can not
flow continuously from one room to another if the
connection is less than four foot between them.
For instance, let say that you have a living room
with a hallway to two bedrooms. If the minimum connection
point from the living room to the hallway is less
than four foot it has to be separated by a T-molding.
If the doorways to the bed rooms are less than four
foot (they usually are), than it also needs to be
separated by T-molding. Laminates contract and expand
due to the moisture content and it could separate
at the weakest link during its life spain.
| Engineered
Hardwood flooring |
Engendered hard wood
is by far the most popular product in the market today.
Most manufacture provides a 5 to 25 years finish warranty
depending on the product line and usually a lifetime
structure warranty. Some of these are pre-finished
with polyurethane which has more of a glossy finish.
Most of them now come with tougher finishes which
utilize aluminum oxide (the same material used in
Laminates). Engineered hard wood usually has three
or more cross-ply layer for increased stability. They
are available from 1/4" thick to 3/4" thick
and widths of 2 1/4" to 6 1/4" wide. Most
are available in Random length and the better grade
are available in Consistent length, usually 36"
t0 42" long. This product can be installed in
three different ways. Normally this product is glue
directly to your sub-floor after is is properly floated,
but it can be nail or installed in the floating method.
Direct glue down with
urethane glue is the best installation method (overview).
Properly installed floor can last a lifetime. Flooring
installed directly to concrete floor and feels like
a solid beam when walked upon. Care for this product
is very easy. It is not extremely durable but with
proper care and use it can last for a long long time.
Solid hardwood has been in used for hundreds of year
now. It normally comes in 3/4 inch by 2-1/2"
to 8" wide, in random lengths. Originally they
were unfinished but most manufactures now produce
a pre-finish product. This product is usually installed
over; tar & screeds or over nail down 3/4 inch
plywood. In this installation method, you home has
to be designed from the initial construction process
by recessing your sub-floor.
A lot of manufacture are now reengineering solid
wood for glue down. These products are usually micro
or beveled edge, pre-finished, and is 5/16" to
7/16" random length or 4/8" to 3/4"
in shorts. Shorts are usually 12" to 36"
long. Width of 2 1/4" to 5" inch are the
most common.
Solid hardwood flooring materials has proven by time
to last and now it is still in very demanding. The
best qualities of solid wood is that it can be sanded
and refinish many times. It life span can be for centuries.
Solid hardwood is not as dimension stable as Engendered
hardwood. Over the years after it is installed each
planks has the tendency expand or contract vertically
and horizontally in it's own way resulting in gaps
and uneven surface level and might have spot where
it squeaks (nail down installation) due to it's property.
Solid 3/4" random length hardwood floors is not
recommended as an upgrade in homes that did not come
with solid wood floor. Homes that have this type of
floors were designed for it in the planning and construction
process. Most home don't have enough clearance in
door ways to accommodate this type of floor. However,
shorts or thinner solid can be used by direct glue
down. Make sure the moisture content of your sub-floor
are within range, and only Urethane based glue are
used.
Wood floor are beautiful. It produces a natural warm
felling in your home and or office. It is clean and
generally easy to care for. It is great for people
with allergies. But as a Hard wood and laminates specialist
we don't really recommended hard wood and laminates
in kitchen, wash room and bathroom application. It
looks great but, from our experience, it is not practical.
65% of repair request from our previous customers
were water related. As an advice there are other options
like tile and natural stone.
Natural stone and
tile is by far the toughest floor covering available.
It has been in use for thousands of year now. Their
life span and durability far exceeds any other type
of floor covering. We carry marble,
slate, granite,
quartzite, mosaic,
sculptures, and many
other type of stone based. We also carry polish porcelain;
witch is even tougher than marble, and a large selection
of tile.
The only disadvantage in this type of flooring is
that it's quite cold on your bear foot. However, many
high end homes incorporate radiant heating system
with this type of floor. In this application, on a
cold winter morning, when you walk on this floor you
would know that this is the best type of floor to
have.
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